Meanwhile, fans have interpreted the lyrics to the first song on the album, titled Fortnight and featuring US rapper Post Malone, to be about British singer Healy, whom she was rumoured to be dating briefly last year after her split from Alwyn.
Hours before the release of the album, Swift announced that Fortnight would be the first single off the album with a music video set to be released at 1am on Saturday in the UK.
While Swift does not namecheck Healy, a number of songs appear to reference him, including Guilty As Sin, where she sings about having “fatal fantasies” for someone from her past while in a relationship.
Fans also believe the 15th track, The Alchemy, is a nod to her blossoming romance with NFL star Travis Kelce as the song references American football terms including the team, “warm benches, winning streak, trophy and league”.
The pop star began a high-profile romance with Kelce last year, with her rushing the field at the Super Bowl to kiss him after his third victory in five years, and they recently attended the Coachella music festival together.
Swift also namechecks Charlie Puth, the US songwriter, on the album’s title track.
‘Sensational and sorrowful’
The 34-year-old sings: “You smoked then ate seven bars of chocolate, we declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”
After the album was released, Swift wrote on social media: “An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.
“This period of the author’s life is now over, the chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed.
“And upon further reflection, a good number of them turned out to be self-inflicted. This writer is of the firm belief that our tears become holy in the form of ink on a page. Once we have spoken our saddest story, we can be free of it.
“And then all that’s left behind is the tortured poetry.”
The album also includes a song titled Florida!!! featuring UK-based band Florence + The Machine.
Other song titles include The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived, and Clara Bow, while the bonus song is titled The Manuscript.
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